Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), August 2014

by: antoviaque
text: REMOTE OK. OpenEdX Consultancy (Worldwide, company based in France)<p>Consultancy specialized on the edX project, and hiring to handle increasing demand. edX is a free software project, used by various universities and companies to run online courses. See edx.org, class.stanford.edu, france-universite-numerique-mooc.fr for examples of edX instances.<p>It&#x27;s a large Python&#x2F;Django codebase, with good code standards and architecture (a lot of the edX engineers come from MIT). You would work on different clients contracts using the platform. The clients list&#x2F;references include Harvard, edX themselves, the French government, and various startups &amp; universities currently running their own instances, or looking to create one. Tasks are varied, from developing custom features for specific courses (XBlocks), customizing instances, developing generic platform features, deploying instances, working on both client&#x2F;server sides, etc.<p>A large part of your work would be published as free software (edX is released under the AGPL license, which requires clients to release modifications under the same license), and you would also contribute to the free software project, pushing some of your developments upstream through pull requests, contributing features, documentation or help on mailing-lists.<p>You would be able to work remotely from where you want, as long as you have a good internet connexion. : )<p>Stack: Python&#x2F;Django, Ansible, AWS, Debian&#x2F;Ubuntu, JS, HTML&#x2F;CSS, MySQL, MongoDB<p>Applying: Email jobs@opencraft.com with: your github account, a short explanation of why you&#x27;re interested and a list of links to free software contributions you have made.

by: afiedler
text: Remote<p>This project is to create a Windows desktop application (compatible with Windows 7) that will connect to IQFeed (<a href="http://www.iqfeed.net/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iqfeed.net&#x2F;</a>) and request streaming stock ticks for about 5000 stocks. When the program starts up, the user will upload a CSV file of the tickers that he wants to stream from IQFeed. The program will then request a streaming feed for those tickers. It will keep a hash table in memory that contains the symbol as the key and the last trade price as the value. The application will also act as a server and accept network connections from other clients to access the last trade prices. The other clients will send a simple message over TCP&#x2F;IP requesting the last price for a stock, and the hub should respond with the last price in the hash table.<p>Performance is very important for this program. You&#x27;ll need a good understanding of writing multithreaded programs in .NET, as well as writing low-level TCP&#x2F;IP .NET networking code using either async or a separate thread for each client (there will only be a half-dozen clients at most). I do have example code of another program (in C#) that I can provide to you that does something similar for a different data feed service. We can also investigate using a WebSockets library for the hub-client communication, but System.Net.Websockets is unfortunately unsupported on Windows 7.<p>Experience with IQFeed or another similar stock market data feed is definite plus. Freelancers from anywhere in the world are fine. I&#x27;m located in the New York City time zone, so we&#x27;d need to be able to find a good time to have Skype calls that fit our schedules.<p>Thanks for reading this posting! Please email me at andy.fiedler@fiedlerconsulting.co (co not com) if you are interested. Please include a resume or link to somewhere I can see projects you&#x27;ve worked on.

by: geku
text: Remote<p>I&#x27;m looking for a part time Ruby&#x2F;Rails developer to support me with multiple projects. Technologies used are Rails, ActiveAdmin, Locomotive CMS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB. HTML&#x2F;HAML, CSS and JavaScript knowledge is important too but all the HTML and CSS is done by myself. At the moment the tasks are smaller feature extensions but towards the next year new projects are feasible too. Additionally I&#x27;m working on a Docker orchestration software and it would be nice if you&#x27;re interested in such topics too (Docker, Consul, PaaS, orchestration, DevOps, infrastructure as code, ...)<p>Location doesn&#x27;t really matter but I would prefer a similar time zone. I&#x27;m based in Europe, Germany.<p>Please let me know if you&#x27;re interested in working with me: geku82 (at) gmail.com

by: guidoA
text: SEEKING FREELANCER&#x2F;STARTUP PARTNER - Remote; St Louis, MO; NVA&#x2F;Washington DC; Los Angeles, CA.<p>I&#x27;m an aerospace systems engineer (LA) &amp; physics graduate (STL) who has developed a prototype stochastic decision analysis tool that I would like implemented as web service for mass market. There is significant application to existing markets and a future strategy is in place. Patent pending.<p>My expertise is in the theory and not CS. I am looking for a developer who can develop a backend database, incorporate required statistical packages, etc and also help develop a UI. I have some wireframes in mind for a UI. Someone with stats experience is preferred.<p>I am self-funding at the moment and can support a freelancer or negotiate partnership of a TBD LLC.<p>I can be contacted at drstrangeluv [a_t} gmail dot com.

by: jpwagner
text: Cambridge&#x2F;Boston or Remote<p>---Seven League Products---<p>We are a new, and quickly growing, software development consulting firm.  We help companies, usually in their early stage, launch prototypes with a focus on data warehousing and analytics.<p>We are looking to expand our network of Developer Partners.<p>Developer Partners:<p><pre><code>  - learn new technologies
  - earn good money for contributing to available projects (part-time or full-time)
  - get mentorship from senior developers
</code></pre>
Please email (see my profile) with:<p><pre><code>  - your development experience
  - preferred software technology stacks
  - technologies you hope to learn or things you find interesting
  - anything else!</code></pre>

by: rbaud
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Austin, TX (remote welcome!)<p>After many years of freelancing, I&#x27;ve recently opened up a small creative consultancy called Pepck.  We specialize in working with small businesses (including other agencies) through a variety of marketing, design, and web development projects.<p>I am currently looking for freelancers of all shapes and sizes (designers, front-end developers, copywriters, and others!) to join my network.<p>If you&#x27;re a reliable freelancer with even a modicum of talent and you&#x27;re interested in helping small businesses grow &amp; succeed, drop me a line at ryan@pepck.com.<p><a href="http://www.pepck.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pepck.com&#x2F;</a>

by: jevyjevjevs
text: Remote<p>I have an entirely virtual software consultancy with developers on contract around the world.  We have quite a bit of work, but not enough great developers.  I have had good results from HN before.<p>Requirements: 1) Rails 2) Any Javascript framework (we use Ember, Angular and Meteor) 3) Testing.  OMG.  It&#x27;s so hard to find developers who right integration or unit tests.<p>How we work:  We have Hipchat for the team where we collaborate and help each other out.  We have a project manager who does lots of the client interaction and translates bugs&#x2F;features into granular user stories in Pivotal Tracker.<p>If you&#x27;re interested, hit me up here: jevin+hn@quickjack.ca

by: erjiang
text: Indianapolis, IN or remote<p>Looking for web front-end developer. Must be skilled at web development, good at adapting designs from a graphics designer, experienced in common libraries and tools. Need to be able to work on this project full-time for 1-3 months starting very soon.<p>We have an ambitious idea that we want to turn into reality. You would be working closely with a back-end developer and graphic designer to implement a web app from scratch.<p>If you&#x27;re interested, email [my username]@indiana.edu with your portfolio and preferred stack.

by: laurencelevy4
text: London&#x2F;Paris Remote is OK.<p>Looking for a full stack developer for a start-up in Digital Health based in London and Paris aiming at simplifying the access to healthcare. The start up should be backed up by a government program soon.<p>Knowledge of Ruby on Rails, Postgresql, AWS (staging is on Digital Ocean), HTML, CSS, Javascript, Agile, Scrum are a must.<p>We&#x27;re looking for an individual who has enough potential to grow with the company and who can deliver quickly and adapt to challenges (neo4J, may be on the way).<p>An MVP has been fully specified (Pivotal tracker and UXpin). Its development is almost completed and must be finished by end of September. The team now needs to be reinforced with an energetic and experienced developer who has the ambition to participate in a healthcare adventure.  His first task would be to help us finish the MVP and validate the chosen technological options.<p>A position for a lead developer or a CTO will be open in the future. Stocks options &#x2F; shares to be distributed to the right person.<p>If you have free time in the near future, please respond to this email, so that we can set up a coffee meeting somewhere in London, Paris or remotely. I will be happy to further my description of the project.<p>You can contact me at laurence.levy4 (at) gmail dot com.

by: wtd
text: – Denver&#x2F;Boulder, Colorado (Remote OK)<p>Talent Standard is an early stage startup tackling adaptive learning, and are off to a great start. Our first product will apply adaptive learning to complex financial model training and targets teams in banking and finance. The company is led by an experienced and relaxed team that doesn’t micro manage, and truly believes their product is changing the world for the better.<p>We are seeking an experienced mid-level developer to develop the full-stack (front-end + middleware including API integration + data layer) of our first product iteration. Stack is Python + Django + PostgreSQL + Nginx + Ubuntu. Our process revolves around Github for versioning, Pivotal Tracker for sprint planning, continuous deployment to enable rapid iteration, and thorough analytics for real-time feedback.  Team is fully remote, but meets up in person for planning. Contract opportunity with cash compensation.<p>More details @ <a href="http://bit.ly/WM97qY" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bit.ly&#x2F;WM97qY</a>

by: songc
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>Songspace (<a href="https://songspace.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;songspace.com</a>) Nashville TN or remote<p>Songspace is building a new data management system and songwriting tool to power the next phase of the music industry. One part creative app for songwriters &amp; artists (think Evernote) and one part content management system &#x2F; API for labels and publishers, we utilize the creative process to aggregate assets and data (recordings, lyrics, and copyright ownership details, and music metadata) for music enterprises.<p>We&#x27;re looking for designers for the following positions:<p>Web Designer<p>Android&#x2F;iOS Designer<p>UI&#x2F;UX Engineer<p>For more information visit <a href="https://songspace.com/open-positions-at-songspace" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;songspace.com&#x2F;open-positions-at-songspace</a> or email chris@songspace.com

by: jxf
text: Remote<p>We&#x27;re looking for a full-stack web developer to work with us on UpHex (<a href="http://uphex.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uphex.com</a>). Our stack is Padrino, Postgresql, and Redis (for Resque, not as a primary datastore). We&#x27;re in the middle of an alpha with a number of customers who are digital marketing agencies. The team is primarily just the two co-founders (one technical).<p>There&#x27;s a GitHub job posting here with all the details: <a href="https://jobs.github.com/positions/ad9b53ce-11c5-11e4-9e4b-27cfdd57d73c" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.github.com&#x2F;positions&#x2F;ad9b53ce-11c5-11e4-9e4b-27...</a><p>You can also hit me up at john &lt;at&gt; uphex &lt;dot&gt; com if you have any questions before you apply. Thanks!

by: wusatiuk
text: remote<p>we are currently looking for a backend JS dev (node &#x2F; sails) for an interesting project which will become international. Currently we have a team of 2 developers and me as the marketing guy &amp; owner. Our main focus is to ship out a cool product and have great fun developing the product together.<p>technology
node.js &#x2F; sails.js 
angularJS
Socket.io
Redis &#x2F; MongoDB<p>project
We are currently working on a product which will help marketing guys to make right decisions. Details by skype &#x2F; e-mail. :)<p>workload
20-25 hours &#x2F; week<p>If you are interested, please reach out and share some sample code &#x2F; apps you have built.<p>email: wusatiuk {at} gmail {.dot.} com

by: trounce
text: Remote<p>Rails full stack, focus on front end<p>I&#x27;ve been building two mobile-first Rails web apps using contractors for the past several months. The apps work and I have a good senior back-end Rails developer working for me adding new features. But I now need a new senior front-end Rails developer to help me upgrade&#x2F;reinvent the UI&#x2F;UX - particularly, making the apps look better, easier to use, faster loading, the flows more intuitive, and helping user onboarding. I need someone with very strong HTML5&#x2F;CSS3&#x2F;JS development skills for Rails apps to build out my ideas and improve performance.<p>The developer needs to be able to make changes directly to the Rails apps, including adding and changing automated Capybara&#x2F;Test::Unit integration tests. Consumer-facing UI&#x2F;UX design experience and interest is a plus, but is not required.<p>I&#x27;m looking for someone full-time, paid hourly, to work with me and the back-end engineer in a very agile, collaborative way, to improve the product and get it launched. I need the right person for at least 2 months, hopefully more.<p>I&#x27;m a self-funding, hands-on, full-time sole founder, with a strong business and computer science background. I&#x27;m based in Silicon Valley, and I need 1-2 hours overlap of working time each day for collaboration via live chat (HipChat).<p>The stack:
* Rails 4
* Bootstrap 3
* Javascript and JQuery. No front end framework currently in place
* PostgreSQL (relational) and DynamoDB (NoSQL) databases<p>It&#x27;s mostly a server-side Rails apps that need some JS&#x2F;JQuery for user input, validation, page transitions, widget integration<p>Target:
* Primarily HTML5 mobile web - primarily small screen sizes, iOS and Android devices
* It needs to work (but not necessarily be optimized&#x2F;responsive for) desktop and tablet too<p>Tools:
* Git for version control
* GitHub for code hosting
* Code Climate for automated code quality review
* CodeShip for automated testing
* Heroku for app hosting
* Amazon RDS and DynamoDB for database hosting
* Amazon CloudFront for CDN
* HipChat for chat
* Trello for project management<p>Budget $35&#x2F;hour<p>David &lt;at&gt; lab955 dot com

by: theli0nheart
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS (iOS + Python&#x2F;Django) - Remote or Austin, TX (preferred)<p>Lionheart Software works with startups to build out their iOS and Python&#x2F;Django web applications. Our bread and butter is turning ideas into full-fledged, beautiful, functional products. We&#x27;re three strong right now and are looking for some more developers to increase our capacity (at the moment we&#x27;re getting way more work than we can handle).<p><pre><code>    Website: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lionheartsw.com&#x2F;
    Email:   hi@    ^^^^^^^^^^^</code></pre>

by: amac
text: Marketer (remote).<p>PROJECT: Help build an iOS classifieds app.<p>MOTIVATION: Making it easier to sell your stuff. (and to a lesser extent, discover new stuff to buy)<p>SKILLS: Digital marketing e.g. email marketing, social media, pr etc plus analytical skills e.g. google analytics. The project is called &#x27;Octopus&#x27; and our website is theoctopusapp.com. My e-mail address and more about me is in my profile. Get in touch with any questions, or ask them here and I&#x27;ll try to get back to you.

by: baronshaw
text: Remote<p>iOS Developer - Finish an iOS app prototype so that we can alpha test with a closed group. Most screens are built, but need to connect it to the service (which is ready to go), build a results screen, and fix bugs.<p>Hourly or milestone pay available.<p>Open to a broad range of experience, but experience with customizing the photo&#x2F;video capture view and on-screen data visualization a major plus.<p>Please send iOS resume and hourly pay expectations to: buckwheatisfunny &lt; at gmail &gt;

by: _p6xs
text: Remote or Buenos Aires<p>I am looking for a web designer for a start up who can implement designs using HTML&#x2F;CSS and specifically Bootstrap. I&#x27;ll take care of any client side programming.<p>I&#x27;m looking for a simple, flat design with careful use of color like the digitalocean.com control panel.<p>Of course your concerns about working for an unfunded start up are justified. I am certainly not an ideal client with a large budget, but I will pay on time.<p>[email redacted]

by: quantSystematic
text: Boston, MA or Remote<p>Developer &#x2F; Assistant Researcher  - Quantitative Investment Strategies
[ Freelance &#x2F; Part-Time &#x2F; Boston Area &#x2F; Remote Available ]<p>Boston-based portfolio manager is looking for a freelance &#x2F; part-time developer and research assistant for systematic strategy research. This work is with a successful team at an established firm. Investment areas include currencies, interest rates, equities and commodities. Work includes developing code “building blocks” for use testing new investment ideas, programming in MATLAB&#x2F;R&#x2F;Python, and assembling and exploring new datasets. Programming experience is a must. We are looking for candidates from the hard sciences, math, finance and economics, but are willing to consider all backgrounds.<p>This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to a world-class investment firm and learn about systematic investing. This would be an ideal position for an experienced candidate or a current undergrad, Masters or PhD student or recent grad. Opportunity to gain direct experience with systematic investment management. Student status is not required and all candidates are welcome to apply, including experienced candidates and professional freelancers. Strong performance could significant future opportunities including full-time positions and internships.<p>Position Description
- Deliver working, high-quality code for analyzing and testing quantitative investment strategies.
- Work will include building basic functionality and more advanced ideas.
- Collaborate with portfolio management team to develop new strategies and analytics.
- Work remotely on your own schedule.
- Meet regularly at our offices or remotely to discuss results and plan projects. 
- Maintain an open line of communication. We will provide guidance and feedback on your work.<p>Qualifications
- Proven ability to work independently, communicate, and reliably deliver results.
- Strong programming ability. Experience with MATLAB&#x2F;R&#x2F;Python. MATLAB preferred.
- Professional programming experience is a plus.
- Experience with statistical and mathematical modeling, machine learning, etc. is a plus.
- Finance experience is a plus but is not required.
- We like Boston-area candidates who can meet at our offices, but this isn’t required. Finding the right person is more important than location.<p>Contact: quantsystematic &lt; at gmail &gt;<p>Please include a resume and any links to github&#x2F;linkedIn&#x2F;etc you&#x27;d like us to see.

by: ghawkescs
text: Phoenix AZ, Remote Okay<p>Looking for an ASP.NET MVC 5 developer to help complete a proof of concept social web application.  Strong UI skills are a big plus.  Work is immediately available.<p>Front end:<p>* jQuery &#x2F; jQuery UI<p>* ASP.NET MVC cshtml<p>Back end:<p>* C#<p>* ASP.NET MVC 5 &#x2F; WebAPI<p>* SQL Server<p>* Azure hosted<p>Interested?  I will happily provide additional details.  Please contact me at ghawkes SymbolType&lt;At&gt; Meritin Punctuation&lt;Dot&gt; com

by: _p6xs
text: Remote (United States, US territories, or US persons only)<p>I&#x27;m looking for a copywriter with experience in direct response marketing ideally for non-profit or political fundraising.<p>[email redacted]